Quarantines May Be Reducing the Flu Too

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It makes sense that when we adopted COVID-19 quarantines and stay-at-home orders, it would also have a big effect on other communicable diseases like the flu. Kinsa, which makes an internet-connected thermometer and collects body temperature data on millions of people, says that’s exactly what happened:
Is this useful? I don’t know. But it seems interesting, so I thought I’d share.

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